A Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State, has
asked the Department of State Services to tender an unreserved apology to the
son of the South-South Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Mr
Tareri Avwomakpa, over his illegal arrest by DSS operatives in February.
Justice T.B. Adegoke gave the ruling on Tuesday in a suit
numbered FHC/ASB/CS/14/2017 filed by Tareri, a Warri-based legal practitioner
against the Director-General, Department of State Services and the Delta State
Director, DSS, following his arrest and detention over a message calling for
support for the General Overseer, Omega Fire Ministries, Apostle Johnson
Suleman.
Operatives of the DSS had in February arrested and detained
Tareri over an alleged message sent through a social media platform, Whatsapp,
wherein he called on Christians in the country to support and accompany Suleman
to honour the invitation by the DSS at its head office in Abuja.
Justice Adegoke while delivering his ruling on the case,
held that Archbishop God-do-well Avwomakpa son’s arrest was unlawful and
unconstitutional even as he awarded N250,000 damages against the DSS
director-general and the Delta state director of the organisation.
According to a copy of the judgment sighted on Thursday in
Asaba, the court ordered the DSS authorities to write a formal letter of
apology to the claimant for a breach of his constitutional human rights.
Tareri also confirmed the ruling when contacted on Thursday
and dedicated the judgment to Nigerians who had been killed, maimed and were
currently suffering oppression for being Christians across the country.
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